With the 2024 election less than a week away, we thought it appropriate to release a recent conversation about the presidency. In this episode, we are thinking historically with Dr. Robert Elder, Associate Professor of History at Baylor University. Dr. Elder helps us think historically about Andrew Jackson's Presidency. Specifically, we how to best evaluate the historical significance of his presidency. What stands out? Why does it matter? Dr. Elder helps do what historians do best, complicate the past.

This episode is part of Thinking Nation's curriculum series, "Thinking Historically About." In each episode, a scholar helps us better understand the driving questions that students are engaging with in our curriculum.